Exam 9: Sound

In Le Million (1931), director René Clair's decision to have the sounds of a football game humorously play over a scene featuring characters scrambling to find a valuable lottery ticket is a use of

The same note played at the same volume on three different instruments (say, a piano, violin, and oboe) will produce tones very different in quality since each instrument has its own

What does the shift from low-pitched to high-pitched music in the "all work and no play" scene in The Shining (1980) signal to the audience?

How does the sound in an exclusive restaurant in The Player (1992) help to direct the audience's attention?

Which of the following is a reason why sound editing takes up a great deal of the time in the editing process?

Which of the following is NOT true of dialogue?

What is the primary function of the sound used in the opening scene of Love Me Tonight (1932)?

What made Orson Welles famous overnight?

Which of the following sounds are typically used to draw the attention of an audience?

Explain how the use of nonfaithful sound when Charlie playfully points his fingers in the shape of a gun in Mean Streets (1973) contributes to our understanding of Charlie's relationship with Teresa.

Which of the following describes what happens during the process of sound mixing?

Which statement best describes the film sound we hear when Charlie points his fingers as if they were a gun in Mean Streets (1973)?

Before Danny Elfman, Mark Mothersbaugh, Randy Newman, and Jonny Greenwood became some of Hollywood's most prolific contemporary composers, they were

Which contemporary film uses silence most inventively?

From a sound perspective, what is the major achievement of Black Hawk Down (2001)?

Which of the following sounds do NOT contribute to the doomsday atmosphere when the tripods attack the fleeing crowds in War of the Worlds (2005)?

Which film, whose sounds were almost all produced in the studio, is memorable for its richly textured sound design and multilayered sound mixing?

Why would filmmakers use the extremes of near silence or shocking loudness in a scene?

Which of the following is an assumption on which the concept of sound design rests?

When is nondiegetic music recorded?